EU countries summon Iranian ambassadors over human rights concerns
Iran's ambassadors to three European countries have been summoned this week over Tehran's human rights practices.
European countries summoned Iranian ambassadors this week over Iran’s treatment of prisoners, including European citizens.
The British news outlet The Guardian reported that the United Kingdom’s Foreign Office summoned Iranian Ambassador Hamid Baeidinejad on Tuesday. France and Germany also called on the Iranian ambassadors to their countries this week. The three European states acted together, according to the outlet.
Reuters also reported that France summoned the Iranian ambassador in Paris on Thursday in coordination with the United Kingdom and Germany.
Both the United Kingdom and France have citizens in Iranian detention facilities, a source of tensions with the Islamic Republic. Charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a dual citizen of Iran and the United Kingdom, has been held in Iran since 2016. Earlier this month, the government announced new charges against her. She was originally detained for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government. She says she was only visiting family.
